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July 2, 2013
Question

? at the beggining of each line of TOC when I save to pdf?

  • July 2, 2013
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When I save a Framemaker 11 file to pdf I get a question mark inside of the > character at the beginning of each line of the generated table of contents in the pdf file. I have done everything that I can think of and can't get rid of it.

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    Inspiring
    July 2, 2013

    Are you saying that the character appears fine in the FM file, but

    changes to a question mark in the PDF when you generate it?

    July 2, 2013

    The question mark character appears in the Framemaker 11 file as a ? inside of a right arrow (>) key, I the pdf only the ? appears.

    Framemaker file

    pdf file

    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 2, 2013

    So you still have a tab entered at the beginning of the line. The > represents the invisible tab character entered on the ref page.

    -Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
    July 2, 2013

    Jeff_Coatsworth
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 2, 2013

    Is this the FM file we're seeing or the PDF? If it's the FM file, then I would ask where the source content came from - it looks like you've got some imported cruft from Word or something like that...

    July 2, 2013

    This Framemaker 11 file. Previously I was using Framemaker 8

    Bob_Niland
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 2, 2013

    What is the "> character" ?

    What you're describing sounds like your TOC format construct is calling for a character glyph that is missing from the font used.

    July 2, 2013

    Not having any success pasting a screen capture for this problem.

    Jeff_Coatsworth
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 2, 2013

    Use the camera icon in the web interface of the forum